COTTON, FASSETT ALLEN: 1862-1942.
Fassett Alien Cotton , son of Marion Irwin and Rachel Amanda Wright Cotton, was born in Nineveh, Ind., on May 1, 1862. From 1882 to 1889 he taught school and in 1888-89 was enrolled as a student at Terre Haute State Normal. He was county superintendent of schools (1889-95) and deputy state superintendent of public instruction (1895-1901). He received the A.B. degree from Butler University and the Ph.D. from Chicago in 1902.
From 1903 to 1909 he was Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, from 1909 to 1924 president of State Normal, LaCrosse, Wis., and in 1924 became president of Northern Arizona Teachers College. He was twice married: first to Florence N. Wright in 1885, then to Lena L. Dobson in 1903.
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